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renounce
v.
abdicate, relinquish by formal declaration; forgo voluntarily; repudiate, forsake, abandon
renounce
Verb
1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
(synonym) abdicate
(hypernym) vacate, resign, give up
(derivation) renunciation, renouncement
2. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
(synonym) vacate, resign, give up
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate
3. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
(synonym) foreswear, quit, relinquish
(hypernym) abandon, give up
(hyponym) disclaim
(derivation) renunciation, renouncement
4. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
(synonym) repudiate
(hypernym) reject
(hyponym) apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate
(derivation) repudiation, renunciation
renounce
v.
zříct se čeho
renounce
Czas.
zrzekać się; rezygnować
Renouncing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Renounce
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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